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Manchester United away. The first sight that greeted Leicester City fans as they ran their fingers down the fixture list for the new Premier League season.

Claude Puel's side will head to Old Trafford to start the new campaign, where City will need to end more than two decades of disappointment if the Frenchman is to get his much-needed winning start.

It will be 20 years since City last travelled to United on opening day, and a few months longer since they last tasted victory at Old Trafford.

Tony Cottee was the hero back in January 1998, as Martin O’Neill’s side left the Theatre of Dreams in a state of shock, the resounding chants of ‘Blue Army’ echoing around the stadium.

United were the champions, oozing class, and swanning into games as though they had a divine right to victory.

Tony Cottee celebrates his winning goal as he fired Leicester City to victory at Old Trafford in 1998

But their hubris had seen them come unstuck. Their defeat at the hands of O’Neill’s men was their third in four Premier League games.

This one, though, was different. It was in their own back yard. Teams simply did not go to Old Trafford and win.

Only Chelsea of the 12 previous visitors had managed to avoid defeat. United had not lost at home since the previous April.

But this was also a City side that did not know its limits. And even if it did, it ignored them.

Leicester, in their second season back in the top flight and having finished ninth the previous campaign, had already won 2-1 at Anfield and drawn 3-3 in that famous late, mad scramble with eventual champions Arsenal. Their victory at home to Aston Villa on opening day is one of only twice that City have won their first game in a Premier League season.

Matt Elliott was a colossus at the heart of the defence, winning towering header after towering header.

Emile Heskey spent most of the game in his own half, fighting for the cause. United’s best two chances fell to Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Teddy Sheringham, the latter deep into injury-time, but they both failed to test Keller from close range. And with them went any hopes of a comeback.

After the final whistle, Keller summed up exactly the spirit of O’Neill’s men, who would go on to secure another top-10 finish.

“There are no egos, everyone works hard for one another,” he said. “It’s a simple philosophy. If you are a very talented player, then fine. But you are not going to do it by yourself. You have got to go out and work hard.”